I WAS RIDING ON THE FREEWAY (WITH MY GIRLFRIEND [XXX]) ON MY '06 GSX-1330R HAYABUSA WHEN MY MOTOR SUDDENLY CUT. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE MOTOR STARTED RIGHT UP. NOT KNOWING THE ISSUE, I DROVE OFF THE FREEWA
... Y (I WAS NEXT TO THE OFFRAMP) AND LEFT THE BIKE IN A PARKING LOT FOR THE AFTERNOON. WE LATER RETURNED TO THE BIKE, IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND RAN FINE UNTIL WE WERE NEARLY HOME, AT WHICH POINT THE MOTOR CUT AGAIN WHEN I WAS TURNING ONTO MY HOME STREET. AGAIN, TURNING THE IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON WORKED AND WE MADE IT HOME SAFELY. IN ANOTHER INCIDENT (MORE DANGEROUS), I WAS IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC GOING PERHAPS 20 MPH IN THE SECOND LANE AND MY MOTOR CUT. THE GUY IN THE OUTSIDE LANE NEXT TO ME ALMOST DIDN'T STOP AS I CROSSED OVER TO THE SHOULDER - HIS VAN WOULD HAVE CRUSHED ME. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE ISSUE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE TIP OVER SENSOR (WHICH AUTOMATICALLY CUTS THE ENGINE IF THE BIKE FALLS OVER). SURE ENOUGH, THE TIP OVER SENSOR WAS HANGING FROM TWO WIRES BY MY REAR BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER - THE BRACKET HAD SOMEHOW BROKEN. I RIGGED A TEMPORARY SOLUTION AND WILL HAVE A BUDDY WELD IT BACK FOR ME, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECTS I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED ON A BIKE. IT APPEARS FROM VARIOUS POSTINGS ON VARIOUS MOTORCYCLE BULLETIN BOARDS/FORUMS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY DOZENS OF FOLKS WITH VARIOUS MODEL YEAR HAYABUSAS, AND MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH OTHER SUZUKI MODELS AS WELL. I SEARCHED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE FOR ANY RECALLS RELATED TO THE HAYABUSA SPECIFICALLY BUT COULD FIND NONE, INCLUDING NONE IN PROGRESS. I CAN PROVIDE MULTIPLE POSTINGS ON THIS IF IT WOULD HELP IN YOUR INVESTIGATION. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TRRead more